Baseball score card



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ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 26, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BASEBALLSCORE CARD Peter Silano, New York, N. Y.

Application April 22, 1942, Serial No. 440,086

1 Claim.

This invention relates to baseball score card. It is particularlydirected to a score card which may be used by a spectator at a baseballgame or by a person listening to a report of the game on the radio.

An object of this invention is to provide a score card of the characterdescribed, having means to indicate the strikes, outs, balls and thebases occupied by runners,

Another object of this invention is to provid a card of the characterdescribed, having blanks in which to fill in the usual report of bothteams, including the names oi the players, the runs, hits and errorscommitted by each man.

A further object of this invention is to provide a neat, durable andcompact score card of the character described, which shall be easy tomanipulate, attractive in appearance, inexpensive to manufacture, andyet practical and efficient to a high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in parthereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which thescope of application will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which is shown one of the variouspossible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a score card, embodyin the invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig.- 1;

Fig. 4 is a top plan View of the movable indicator for indicating whatbases are occupied by runners;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the movable indicator to indicate thenumber of outs;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the movable indicator which indicates thenumber of balls; and Fig. '7 is a top plan view of the movable indicatorwhich shows the number of strikes.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, II] designates a score boardembodying the invention. The same comprises a rectangular sheet I I ofcardboard or the like material. At the top central portion of the cardthere is a slit I2 in the shape of an H lying on its side designated bynumeral I2.

On both sides of the sheet II and on opposite sides of the slit I2 areH-shaped slits l3 and I4.

The slit I2 forms a pair of horizontal, aligned tongues I2a extendinginwardly toward each other. The slit I3 forms a pair of verticallyaligned tongues I3a, extending inwardly toward each other, and slit I4forms a pair of vertically aligned tongues I ia extending inwardlytoward each other.

At the central portion of the bottom of the card is an H shaped slit I5forming a pair of vertically aligned tongues I5a, extending inwardlytoward each other. On the central portion of the card, between the upperslits I3 and I4, and the bottom slit I5, is imprinted a score blank I6which may be of the usual kind, indicating the names of the players intheir batting order and the errors, hits and runs for each player. Atthe bottom of the card, below the slit I5, is a scorer I'I indicatingthe number of runs for the various innings.

Above the slit I2 is marked the word Outs. Above the slit I3 is markedthe word Balls." Above the slit I4 is marked the word trikes," asclearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The sheet H may furthermore be marked or imprinted with diamonds I2b,I3b and Nb above the slits I2, I3 and I4. Said sheet II may further bemarked with a diamond I5b above the slit I5.-

On one side of the diamond I51) are the words Runners on, with an arrowpointing towards the diamond. On the opposite side of the diamond I5b',are the words Man on base, followed by a black diamond, and below thesewords, are the words Bases empty, followed by the outline of a diamond.

Within the diamond I5b, and below the slit I5, is imprinted or markedthe outline of a diamond, designated by numeral 20. The sheet II isfurthermore formed with a horizontal slit 2|, disposed above the slit I2and above the word Outs.

Sheet II is furthermore formed with a vertical slit 23 adjacent the leftedge of the card and in horizontal alignment with the slit I3. Saidsheet II is furthermore formed with a vertical slit 24 horizontallyaligned with the slit M, and Mia cent the right edge of the card orsheet II,

The card or sheet II is furthermore formed with a slit 25d, horizontallyaligned with the slit l5, and disposed adjacent the right hand edge ofthe card or sheet I I.

Slidably mounted on the card is a movable score indicator 25, toindicate the number of cuts. The score indicator 25 comprises anelongated flat sheet of cardboard having a handle 26 at one end whichmay be in the form of a repreers.

sentation of a baseball. Extending from the handle 25 is a portion 21 ofuniform width of somewhat less width than the length of slit 2|.Extending from portion 21 is a tongue 28 narrower than portion 21, andhaving a width somewhat less than the width of the slit I2.

It will be noted that the tongue 28 is first passed downwardly throughthe slit 2|, and then through the slit 12, so that the tongues 12a arebeneath portion 28. Thus portion 28 passes through the slit l2, whereas,portion 21 passes through the slit 2|. The tongue 28 thus contacts theunderside of the sheet H. On tongue 28 are marked four squares 29,containing the numbers zero, 1, 2, 3, in succession. By grasping thehandle 26, member 25 may be moved up or down to bring the right numberto view above the tongues l2a. By properly manipulating member 25, theremay be indicated the number of outs charged against the team at bat.

Slidably mounted on sheet II is an indicator 30 for balls, similar tomember 25, and passing from the top side of the sheet to the undersidethrough the slit 23, and having a portion passing through the slits l3,so that the tongues [3a are beneath member 30. Thus member 30 has ahandle portion or slit 3|, a wide shank portion 32 and a narrow shankportion 33. The wide shank portion 32 passes through the slit 23,whereas, the narrow shank portion 33 passes through the slit I3. Theshank portion 33 is marked with numbers zero, 1, 2, 3 and 4, to indicatethe number of balls against the player at bat.

There is also slidably mounted on the card, another indicator 40,substantially similar to member 25, and having a handle 4| at one end, awide shank portion 42, and a narrow shank portion 43. The wide shankportion 42 passes through slit 24, and the narrow shank portion 43passes through the slit [4. The narrow shank ortion is marked with thenumbers zero, 1, 2 and to indicate the number of strikes against theplayer at bat.

There is furthermore slidably mounted on the lower end of the card orsheet I I, an indicator 50 to indicate what bases are occupied by theplay- Member 50 is likewise made of a sheet of cardboard, and has a heador handle portion a Wide shank 52, and a narrow shank 53. The narrowshank 53 is marked with 8 boxes indicated by numerals 54, 55, 55, 51,58, 59, 6D and BI. Each of the boxes is marked with three diamonds, thesame being either black diamonds or outlines of diamonds. The blackdiamonds indicate an occupied base and the outlines of the diamondsindicate empty bases. The three diamonds are arranged in a triangle,there being two spaced diamonds at the bottom of the triangle and onediamond at the apex. The three diamonds in each square indicate first,second and third bases. The positions of the black diamonds and outlinesof diamonds are differently arranged in the 8 sections to indicate, inbox 54 that third base is occupied; in box 55 that seeand base isoccupied; in box 56 that first base is occupied; in box 51 that allthree bases are occupied; in box 58 that first and second bases areoccupied; in box 59 that first and third bases are occupied; in box 65that second and third bases are occupied; and in box 6| that all threebases are empty or unoccupied.

Member 50 passes through the slit 25a from fthe upper surface of thecard to the undersurface thereof, and shank 53 passes through the slitl5, so that the tongues I5a are disposed therebeneath. By properlymanipulating member 50, one of the sections 54 to SI inclusive, may bebrought to view above the tongues l5a, to indicate one of the possibleconditions with respect to the occupation of first, second and thirdbases.

It will be noted that the heads or handles of the indicators extendbeyond the edges of the card, so that said indicators may be easilymoved or reciprocated.

It will be noted that each of the sections 54 to 6! covers substantiallythe same area as the tongues l5a. Furthermore each of the squares orrectangles of members 25, 30 and 40 cover substantially the same area asthe tongues Ha, I31: and 14a.

It will be noted that the diamond 20 of the sheet ll indicates homeplate and forms the bottom apex of a diamond, at the other corners ofwhich are the diamonds, in the sections 54 to 6|.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which theseveral objects of this invention are achieved, and which is welladapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention,and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth,it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in theaccompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in alimiting sense. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A baseball score card comprising a rectangular cardboard sheet havingits central portion imprinted with scoring blanks for the individualplayers of a Home and a Visiting team, the upper central portion of thesheet having a pair of horizontal slits and an intermediate verticalslit forming a pair of hinged downwardly swinging wings and an aperturein the card above said wings, an elongated indicia-carrying member,having a wide and narrow shank portion, passing downwardly above saidwings against the bottom of the card beneath said aperture to exhibitthe indicia through the latter, said member having an operating handlein the representation of a baseball, one upper side portion of saidsheet having a pair of vertical slits and an intermediate horizontalslit forming a second pair of downwardly swinging wings and a secondaperture in the card above said wings, a second indicia-carrying member,having a wide and narrow shank portion, passing transversely above saidlast mentioned wings against the bottom of the card beneath said secondaperture to exhibit the indicia of the second member therethrough, saidsecond member having an operating handle in the representation of abaseball, a second pper side portion having a set of slits, Wings,aperture, indicia-carrying member and operating handle for the latterall similar to that of said upper side portion, and a lower portion ofsaid sheet having a pair of vertical slits and an intermediatehorizontal slit forming wings and an aperture similar to that of one ofsaid upper side portions of the sheet, and a lower long transverselyextending indicia-carrying member passing above said last

